The news: We may live in an increasingly globalized world, but we often forget that the intermingling of cultures and languages far precedes the advent of laptops and smartphones.

Just take a look at these maps — helpfully put together by Reddit user sp07 — to see how pervasive the spread of language is. The maps show the etymological roots of common words, as well as which European countries use different variations of them. While the words may have changed and evolved over the centuries, these maps make the world feel a bit smaller and more connected.